POETA EN SI MAYOR
A documentary film by Diogo Varela Silva with Horacio Ferrer
Portugal / 2012 / 62 minutos / Digital Pal HD / 16:9 Colour
SYNOPSIS
In Poeta en Si Mayor, Ferrer takes us through his poems and his life: how he arrived at the Tango; the Tango Masters from Gardel to Aníbal “Pichuco” Troilo; his partnership with Piazzolla; the founding of the Academia Nacional de Tango in Buenos Aires, which he created and is president of; the birthplaces of Tango, Montevideo and Buenos Aires; and the development of Tango itself, from Tango songs to the great orchestrations and the New Wave which he founded.
CREDITS
Director: Diogo Varela Silva
Producer: Diogo Varela Silva and João Figueiras, Blackmaria Produção Audiovisual
Script: Diogo Varela Silva
Photography: Diogo Varela Silva, Ricardo Almeida
Editing: Ricardo Almeida
Sound: Ricardo Almeida
FILM FESTIVALS
2012 Festival Internacional de Cine de Punta del Este, Montevideo, Uruguai
2012 Festival de Tango de Lisboa
